士族文化自汉魏以来得到迅猛发展,直至隋唐时期依然是社会文化中极为重要且影响深远的因素之一,它是展现一个家族兴衰的主要标志,是研究家族历史发展进程不可或缺的关键内容。陈寅恪先生曾论道:“所谓士族者,其初并不专用其先代之高官厚禄为其唯一之表征,而实以家学及礼法等标异于其他诸姓”~([1]),即强诟了家族文化在判别士族门第方面具有重要意义。敦煌令狐氏家族自汉魏发展以来,至北朝时期便已“世为西土冠冕”~([2]);到隋唐时期,开始进一步在政治、文化等领 The culture of the clan has been developing rapidly since the Han dynasty. It remained one of the most important and far-reaching factors in the social culture until the Sui and Tang dynasties. It was the main symbol of the rise and fall of a clan and the indispensable key to the study of the clan’s historical development . Mr. Chen Yinke once said: “The so-called gentry, at the beginning, did not use its predecessors of high officials and honorable as its only character, and in fact, home and etiquette and other standards are different from other names ), That is, strongly criticized the family culture in the judgments of the people of the door is of great significance. Since the development of the Han Wei in Dunhuang, the Linghu family in Dunhuang has been ”the crown of Western soil" (~ 2) until the Northern Dynasties. In the Sui and Tang dynasties,